Gaza Residents Share Allegations of Abuse, Claim Israeli Soldiers Used Them as Human Shields

Almost every family in Gaza has been touched by the violence.

August 26, 2014  |   http://www.alternet.org/gaza-residents-share-monstrous-allegations-abuse-israeli-soldiers?paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark

Mahmoud Abu Said could hardly speak about what happened to him when the soldiers first arrived to his neighborhood. His eyes filled with tears, the muscles in his face began to twitch, and his voice faltered. As the baby-faced, 19-year-old resident of Rafah in Southern Gaza recounted how Israeli soldiers used him as a human shield, torturing and then kidnapping him, he collapsed into a plastic chair.
“I feel so afraid,” he muttered. “It’s not normal. I feel weak and I’m not myself.”